The MASTS Project A punchy talk Iain Phillips 2008
Talking about measuring a 10gig network is easier than actually doing it.
History ◮ Started 2004 (Oct and December) ◮ Finished 2008 (Mar, May) and 2009 (Feb?) ◮ Loughborough (CS+EE), Cambridge (CL), University College London (CS+EE) ◮ Aim to instrument UKLIGHT. ◮ Make a measurement set available to all.
Where are we now?
Big News
We are capturing packets . . .
And we’re storing them . . .
Current Captures ◮ RAL-CERN 10Gig 2-directions - optical tap ◮ Telecity (on SuperJanet) 10Gig - mirroring ◮ Reading (on SuperJanet) 10Gig - optical tap
Storage
Store +++ |s| +-------+ ----|Disk|---|M|---|w|---| Store | +---+ ----|Disk|---|M|---|i| | |---|DB | ----|Disk|---|M|---|t| | | |WWW|---&&& ----|Disk|---|M|---|c| +-------+ +---+ ----|Disk|---|M|---|h| +++
Store +++ |s| +-------+ ----|Disk|---|M|---|w|---| Store | +---+ ----|Disk|---|M|---|i| | |---|DB | ----|Disk|---|M|---|t| | | |WWW|---&&& ----|Disk|---|M|---|c| +-------+ +---+ ˆ ----|Disk|---|M|---|h| YOU +++ ARE HERE
http://data.mastsproject.org
Legalities Framework ◮ We have a JANET(UK) agreement to share data ◮ This is applicable to other work monitoring JANET ◮ Can be used as a template for other projects ◮ 46PaQ has a Code of Practice for Network Monitoring.
Next Status ◮ Capturing headers to big store ◮ Database nearly ready for users Actions ◮ For us–finish the work ◮ For you–Fill in your AUPs
Comming Soon . . . ◮ Wiki ◮ Respository of user tools for data processing ◮ Indexing in DATCAT - www.datcat.org ◮ more whacky research.
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